Comment time to make the call (Score 5, Informative) 214
http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/index Find your Senator and tell them what you think, not that it will do any good.
Submission + - An Internet Provider's CEO On Why ISPs Should Only Keep User Logs Two Weeks (forbes.com)
Sparrowvsrevolution writes: Dane Jasper’s tiny Internet service provider Sonic.net briefly took the national spotlight last October, when it contested a Department of Justice order that it secretly hand over the data of privacy activist and WikiLeaks associate Jacob Appelbaum. But Sonic.net has actually been quietly implementing a much more fundamental privacy measure: For the past eighteen months it's only kept logs of user data for two weeks before deletion, compared with 18 to 36 months at Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner and other ISPs.
In a lengthy Q&A, he explains how he came to the decision to limit logging after a series of shakedowns by copyright lawyers attempting to embarrass users who had downloaded porn films, and he argues that it's time all ISPs adopt the two-week rule.
In a lengthy Q&A, he explains how he came to the decision to limit logging after a series of shakedowns by copyright lawyers attempting to embarrass users who had downloaded porn films, and he argues that it's time all ISPs adopt the two-week rule.
Submission + - 13 Year Old Wins Human Powered Vehicle Championship (inhabitat.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A 13-year-old boy from the UK just become the fastest kid in the world by taking first place at the Human Powered Vehicle World Championship. Racing against challengers as old as 16, Tim Parker was able to reach speeds of 30 mph in a HPV powered solely by his own physical strength.
Comment Just read the AUP (Score 1) 1
Just read the AUP
Comment Two that I found (Score 1) 1
Comment Where will this slippery slope take us? (Score 2) 1
What’s next sue the church that runs a soup kitchen because it competes with the supermarket?
